Lancing Steel - Path of Exile

Lancing Steel is a steel skill.

Thrust an Axe or Sword forward, consuming your Steel Shards to form a cluster of shards in front of you. The cluster will fire a number of projectiles in sequence, aiming at enemies in front of or close to it. Steel Shards are gained with the Call of Steel Skill.

Attack, Projectile, Physical. Level: 1–20. Cost: 8–10 Mana. Attack Speed: 80% of base. Attack Damage: 63–106% of base. Effectiveness of Added Damage: 63–106%. Requires Level 28.

(20–113) to (30–169) Added Attack Physical Damage
Fires 3 additional Projectiles
Fires 50% more Projectiles per Steel Shard consumed
20% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit
Hits after the first on each Enemy deal 60% less Damage
Consumes up to 4 Steel Shards

Place into an item socket of the right colour to gain this skill. Right click to remove from a socket.

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Lancing Steel	(0–20)% increased Impale Effect	50

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Related Gems

Name	Additional Effects From Quality	Weight
Lancing Steel	(0–20)% increased Impale Effect	50
Anomalous Lancing Steel	Clusters have (0–30)% increased Projectile targeting range	100
Divergent Lancing Steel	Projectiles deal up to (0–40)% increased Damage with Hits and Ailments at the start of their movement, lowering this bonus as they travel farther	100
Phantasmal Lancing Steel	(0–10)% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit	100

Support Gems

Impale Support(Green): 98%
Maim Support(Red): 91%
Vicious Projectiles Support(Green): 82%
Brutality Support(Red): 77%
Pierce Support(Green): 71%
Slower Projectiles Support(Green): 20%
Greater Multiple Projectiles Support(Green): 20%
Awakened Brutality Support(Red): 18%
Damage on Full Life Support(Red): 16%
Awakened Vicious Projectiles Support(Green): 14%

Level Effect

Level	Requires Level	Strength	Dexterity	Cost	Base Damage	20 to 30 Added Attack Physical Damage	Experience
1	28	29	42	8	63%	20, 30	199,345
2	31	32	46	8	65.3%	23, 35	285,815
3	34	35	50	8	67.5%	27, 40	401,344
4	37	37	54	8	69.8%	31, 46	554,379
5	40	40	58	9	72.1%	35, 53	477,437
6	42	42	60	9	74.3%	38, 58	583,786
7	44	44	63	9	76.6%	42, 63	710,359
8	46	46	66	9	78.8%	45, 68	1,355,511
9	48	48	68	9	81.1%	49, 74	1,138,877
10	50	49	71	9	83.4%	53, 80	1,368,233
11	52	51	74	9	85.6%	58, 86	1,638,338
12	54	53	76	9	87.9%	62, 93	1,956,648
13	56	55	79	9	90.2%	67, 101	3,655,184
14	58	57	82	9	92.4%	73, 109	3,017,327
15	60	59	84	10	94.7%	78, 117	7,759,995
16	62	60	87	10	96.9%	84, 126	15,138,193
17	64	62	90	10	99.2%	91, 136	26,083,825
18	66	64	92	10	101.5%	98, 146	62,620,247
19	68	66	95	10	103.7%	105, 157	211,708,088
20	70	68	98	10	106%	113, 169
21	72			10	108.3%	121, 181
22	74			10	110.5%	130, 195
23	76			10	112.8%	139, 209
24	78			10	115.1%	149, 224
25	80			11	117.3%	160, 239
26	82			11	119.6%	171, 256
27	84			11	121.8%	183, 274
28	86			11	124.1%	196, 293
29	88			11	126.4%	209, 314
30	90			11	128.6%	223, 335
31	91			11	129.8%	231, 346
32	92			11	130.9%	239, 358
33	93			11	132%	247, 370
34	94			11	133.2%	255, 382
35	95			11	134.3%	263, 395
36	96			11	135.4%	272, 408
37	97			11	136.6%	281, 421
38	98			11	137.7%	290, 435
39	99			11	138.8%	300, 449
40	100			11	139.9%	309, 464

Skill functions and interactions

Steel Shards: Equipping this skill grants the Call of Steel ability, which is used to generate Steel Shards. This skill consumes up to 4 Steel Shards to launch 50% more projectiles per Steel Shard used.

Melee: Lancing Steel is not considered a melee attack despite using melee weapons, similarly to Spectral Throw.

Item acquisition

Lancing Steel can drop anywhere. Drop level: 28.

Recipes

Lancing Steel can be created from the following recipes:

Amount	Part	Description
6	The Fox	Random level 20 gem
8	Dying Anguish	Random level 19 gem with 19% alternative quality
8	The Hook	Random corrupted level 21 gem with 23% alternative quality
3	Gemcutter's Promise	Random gem with 20% quality
1	Gemcutter's Incubator	Random gem with 1–20% quality
1	The Void	Random divination card set exchange

Quest reward

This item is given as a quest reward for the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Sever the Right Hand Act 3	✗	✗	✗	✓	✗	✗	✗

Vendor reward

This item can be bought at the listed NPC vendors, after completing the following quests:

Class →	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
Quest ↓	Witch	Shadow	Ranger	Duelist	Marauder	Templar	Scion
A Fixture of Fate Act 3 Siosa	✓
Sever the Right Hand Act 3 Clarissa	✗	✗	✓	✓	✗	✗	✓
Fallen from Grace Act 6 Lilly Roth	✓

Threshold jewels

The following threshold jewels augment Lancing Steel:

Item	Limit	Radius	Stats

Related helmet enchantments

The following helmet enchantments affect Lancing Steel.

Name	Level	Labyrinth	Stats	Spawn Weighting
Enchantment Lancing Steel Chance To Not Consume Shards 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lancing Steel has 20% chance to count as consuming Steel Shards without Consuming them	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Chance To Not Consume Shards 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel has 30% chance to count as consuming Steel Shards without Consuming them	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Damage 1	66	Merciless Labyrinth	Lancing Steel deals 25% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Damage 2	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel deals 40% increased Damage	helmet 100 default 0
Enchantment Lancing Steel Number of Additional Projectiles 1	75	Eternal Labyrinth	Lancing Steel fires an additional Projectile	helmet 100 default 0

Unique items

These unique items are related to Lancing Steel or its secondary skill Call of Steel

Item	Base Item	Level	Stats
Lord of Steel	Viridian Jewel	1	5% increased Impale Effect Call of Steel deals Reflected Damage with (40-50)% increased Area of Effect Call of Steel has (80-100)% increased Use Speed
Lord of Steel	Viridian Jewel	1	10% chance to Impale Enemies on Hit with Attacks Call of Steel deals Reflected Damage with (40-50)% increased Area of Effect Call of Steel causes (20-25)% increased Reflected Damage
Lord of Steel	Viridian Jewel	1	Impale Damage dealt to Enemies Impaled by you Overwhelms 10% Physical Damage Reduction Call of Steel has (80-100)% increased Use Speed Call of Steel causes (20-25)% increased Reflected Damage
Steelworm	Broadhead Arrow Quiver	52	(8-10)% increased Attack SpeedGrants Call of Steel (30-60)% increased Evasion Rating and Armour Deal no Non-Physical Damage Attacks that Fire Projectiles Consume up to 1 additional Steel Shard Skills Fire 3 additional Projectiles for 4 seconds after you consume a total of 12 Steel Shards

Alternate skill effects

Lancing Steel has the following alternate skill effects:

Item	Effect(s)
Temple Lancing Steel Effect	Your Lancing Steel becomes a Temple Effect.

PoE Lancing Steel Build for Champion Players

1. Character: 94 Champion

Life:	4902	Strength:	318
Energy Shield:	46	Dexterity:	281
Mana:	727	Intelligence:	149
Evasion Rating:	0	Charges:	E: 3 / F: 3 / P: 3
Armour:	25575

2. Skill Gems Build

Main skill: Lancing Steel. DPS: 235K. These are the support skill gems for it:

Body Armour: Lancing Steel (Green) (20 / 20), Increased Critical Strikes Support (Blue) (19 / 20), Brutality Support (Red) (20 / 20), Vicious Projectiles Support (Green) (20 / 20), Impale Support (Green) (20 / 20), Maim Support (Red) (20 / 20), Pierce Support (Green) (15),

Helmet: Leap Slam (Red) (20), Faster Attacks Support (Green) (20 / 20), Shattering Steel (Green) (20 / 20), Blood Magic Support (Red) (19),

Gloves: Ancestral Protector (Red) (20), Enduring Cry (Red) (20 / 20), Culling Strike Support (Green) (20), Second Wind Support (Green) (20 / 20),

Boots: Molten Shell (Red) (20), Cast when Damage Taken Support (Red) (20 / 20), Increased Duration Support (Red) (20 / 20),

Weapon: Blood Rage (Green) (20 / 20), Maim Support (Red) (17 / 20), Flesh and Stone (Red) (20 / 20),

Offhand: Dread Banner (Red) (20 / 20), Sniper’s Mark (Green) (20), Pride (Red) (20),

3. Passive Skill Build

Keystones / Ascendency:

Iron Grip: 84%
Point Blank: 84%
Master of Metal: 73%
Unstoppable Hero: 70%
Fortitude: 70%
First to Strike, Last to Fall: 54%
Call to Arms: 52%
Wind Dancer: 36%
Iron Reflexes: 36%
Acrobatics: 27%
Phase Acrobatics: 23%

4. Equipment Build

Weapons:

Sword / Sword: 48%
Two Handed Sword: 30%
Two Handed Axe: 20%
Sword / Shield: 2%

Body Armour: Lioneye's Vision Crusader Plate

Weapon: Beltimber Blade Eternal Sword(One Handed Sword)

Offhand Weapon: Beltimber Blade Eternal Sword(One Handed Sword)

Helmet: Soul Visor Lion Pelt

Gloves: Golem Palm Gripped Gloves

Boots: Carrion Pace Legion Boots

Belt: The Nomad Studded Belt

Amulet: Empyrean Noose Agate Amulet

Ring: Chimeric Gyre Sapphire Ring, Dire Knuckle Topaz Ring

Lancing Steel Build Example

Lancing Steel 3.12 Reworked

Lancing Steel has been completely reworked. Using the attack now consumes 4 shards, creating a whirling cluster of shards pointing forward. The cluster rapidly fires out its projectiles, aiming towards enemies in front at great range or enemies in any direction close to the cluster. The projectiles target enemies the cluster hasn't hit first, letting the cluster pick off weaker enemies before focusing on remaining targets. The projectiles deal more damage to targets that haven't yet been hit by each cluster of shards, to make the skill much more effective at taking out very large groups of enemies that are spread out.

Additional projectiles add to the total number of projectiles each cluster fires, with 50% more projectiles fired for each shard consumed. This means that the skill usually fires three times its number of projectiles at a fixed rate, creating a hail of shards that deal a devastating salvo of damage, especially when combined with the impale effect. You can have multiple clusters active at once, limited only by how fast you can generate Shards.

Because of the high shard cost, you'll likely want to invest in a chance to impale, so that you've got more shards in enemies to draw out with Call of Steel.